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Table 4.

Virulence-associated traits and their distribution in E. amylovora and related Erwinia species.

Traits	*E. amylovora*			*E. pyrifoliae*			*E. tasmaniensis*	*E. billingae*
	CFBP 1430	ATCC 49946	BAA 2158	DSM 12163	EP 1/96	Ejp 617	Et1/99	Eb661
T3SS PAI1	+	+	+	+	+	+	+ (P)	-
T3SS PAI2	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
T3SS PAI3	+	+	+	-	-	-	+ (P)	-
Flagella 1 (S)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Flagella2 (C)	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-
Amylovoran biosynthesis ^*	+	+	+	+	+	+	+(E)	+(E)
*Levansucrase (lsc)*	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-
*Protease A (prtADEF)*	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
**eop2, hopC1, avrRpt2**	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
*eop1* ^**	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-

some genes are very diverse such as amsCDE, (E): In Et1/99 and Eb661, the amsE gene is missing, but additional genes present [6,7]; (P): partial; (S): separated; (C): clustered;

^**

sequence diversification found in different species.